Seat and seat-back for railway rolling-stock.



No. 871,951. PATENTBD NOV. Zb, 1907. A. B. OSTRANDER.

SEAT AND SEAT BACK FOR RAILWAY ROLLING STOCK. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 7. 1907.

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APPLICATION FILED MAR.7.19`07.

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'UNITED STATES PATENT marien ALLEY E. OSTRANDFR, O1" PATERSON, NEW JERSEY. ASSGNOR TO MERICAN CAR & FOUNDRY COMPANY, Ol` ST. LOUIS, MlSSOURI, A CORPORATlON OF NEW JERSEY.

SEAT AND SEAT-BACK FOR RAILWAY ROLLING-STOCK.

No. 871,95i;

To all full/om 'it may concern Be it Iknown that l, ALLEN E. Os'imxnicn,

a citizen of'the l'nited States,l residing, at Paterson, New Jersey, have invented a certain nc and useful lm irovement in Seats and Seat-Backs for llaiiway Rolling-Stock, ot' which the following is a` full, clear, and exact description, such. aslwill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make. and use the. same,.reference being had to thc. accompanying drawings, forming part ol this specitication, in which Figure 1 is a piaii View ith 'a portion of the scat covering broken away to show the interior of the sea-t; Fig. 2 is an enlarged side elevation, partly in section; and Fig. 3 is a detail perspective View illustrating parts of theseat l'rame. i

'lhis invention relates to new and useful in'iprovenients in sats and seat backs for railway rolling stock, the object being to provide a very rigid metallicfframe for a seat or seat back that can kbe: 1onst`rnete(l at alow Anot'liermobject -is to providean ellicient means for clamping' tienpholstering .material in position.`

l have herein shownv` only a seat constructed in accordance with my invention as the seat back is constructed in the same manner, so wherever'l use the term seat in thc claims I mean to include a seat back as well as a seat.

In the drawings which illustrate the preferred form of my invention, four pressed `metal members 1, which l term the side and end members of the seat frame, are connect.- ed together by gusset members and angles 3 to form a rectangular' frame. The. ineinbers 1 are preferably ot the shape shown in Fig. 3, and comprise a vertical web 4 which is curved' at its upper edge to avoid cutting the upholstering material, and flanged inwardly at 5. '.lhe lower edges of the members] are `shaped to provide grooves or channels (i and 7, the inner walls el the channels 7 being formed by depending tlanges VR, the lower margins of which flanges are cut at. intervals as indicated at t). Angles It form the corners ol' the scat tra-me., said angles being provided q bers 1. These gusset members are thereby Specification of Letters Patent.

Application tiled March 7.1907. Serial No. 361.161.

with langes 1() which butt against thc ilanges 5 of the members l.

'lhc gusset members 2 are provided with eliannel-shape(l portions l1 which :irc t'ormed integral with gusset plates 1; and project ,1 i J downwardly.mo"thechannels ti ot thc mem-,ji metallic side membersprovidcd atV tin-ir 110 Patented Nov. 26, 1907.

interlocked with and rigidly secure the side' members 1 together'. Rivets 13 and 13*1 secure the corner angles to-the members l, the. rivets 15% passing through the flange 14 which forms the outer wall of the channel 11. rl`|ie plates 12 of the gusset members are secured to the members 1 by means of rivets 15 that pass through lt-he webs o't" the channels 7 of said ineinbeis 1, i i

Fasteued to the webs ot the channels 7 of two of the members 1 by means ol rivets are, slats ..17 which support spiral springs i18.y The usual spring bands 1 9 extend' over the upper ends ot' the spiral springs, and are eoli- `nectedto the. vertical webs of the members 1 bymuansof rivets. v v t 1. An inner )anvas covering 19u may be secured to the members 1 in any suitable manner` '.lhc outer covering-20 for the seat may be of raten, plush or any suitable material and extends over the upper edge of the side members 1 and under the. channels at the lower edge oi said members iis showndirllig. i

2. Splines 21 are placed in the. channels 7 t0` force the. covering nniterial into said channels. '.lhe edge of the covering is folded under said splines, and the depending flanges 8 of the channels 7 are lient upwardly from 'the position shown iiiedot-and-dash lines in Fig. 2 to the position shown in full lines, to clamp the covering inposition.

l deem it an advantage to cut the flanges S 'at intervals, as shown at A9beeause it leaves emu )a'ratively short flanges which may becasily bent into position.

lVhen the llauges S are bent upwardly they'lie below the covering 20 where it extends under the channels G at the lower edge ot' members l, as shown iii lfig. 2, and when the seat is muse the flanges S rest on .the support lor the seat, and thereby preventthe covering 12() from wearing at this point.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desired to be secured 10i) by lietters Patent is:

l. A seat provided with a metallic frame comprising side .members vhaving horizontally disposed grooves, inside gusset menibers, provided with portions that arelocated in stiidgrooves., andxiutside corner-pieces se` ifulred to the side members,h substantially as 2. A scat having a trame comprising I'lat iower edges with intefrral ehannel-shaped l ing side portions, inside gusset plates having;y integral projections which interlock with said channel-shaped portions, and outside corner pieces connected to the side members; suhstrtntially as deserihed. i

3. A seat provided with a Vframe comprisside members having straight vertical wehe curved at their upper edges, integral channel-shaped portions adjacent the lower /edges of said webs and projecting inwardly therefrom, and inside gusset plates having portions which are inter-locked with the ohanneinshaped portions of the side memhers; substantially as described.

fi. A seat provided with a frame eomprismembers each of which has a web, a pair of ehannel-shaped portions adjacent the lower edge of said web, inside corner members constructed to lit into one of the ohannelshaped portions of each of the side members to lock the side members together, and. 'the other channel-she ed ortion of each side member having a open( ing lian e which is out at intervals so that it can e more readily nent to clam the seat eovering in position; substantial y as described.

served 5. A seat frame eomprisin metallic meinhers curved at their npoer e geand forming the sides and' ends of the trarne, outside an- ,jgles forming the corners or" the frame, said angles being curved et their upper edge the ortions ot' said e les butting egainst t e'ourved portions ot t side inemhers, and inside gussets connected to said metallic members and to said corner angles; siihstantially as described.

' 'r 6. A seat provided with's. trarne consisting; ot side and end members formed of metal and provided with inwardly 'projecting horizonltally disposed channel-slieped portions, inside corner members rovided with gusset plates and with ehanne shaped portions that -ooperate with those of said side and end members, and means for rigidly eonneetin the corner' members to the side and en members; substantially as described.

7. A seat rovided with a frame that oonsists of metalic members eaoh of which corn'- priees e' web portion and an integral channelshaped portion at the lower edge thereof, ineide eorner members eornprising web por smeer'.

tions and channel-shaped portions that lit in those of the members first reterrexlto7 outside eorner memhers,.means for connecting all of said members together, and a seat eovering; see red to said frame; substantially as described.

8. A seat provided with a frame which comprises side and end members providdd at their lower edges with approximately S- shaped portions7 and inside corner ieees each of which eomprises a weh provi( ed at its lower edge with an approximately S- sha ed portion that lits in thfuzorresponding y sha ed portion of one of the side and end mem )ers and is rigidly eonneoted thereto; substantiallyv es described.

9. A seat provided with s frame having metallic side and end members each of which comprises a straight weh curved inwardly at its upper edge and provided at its lower edge with an inwardly projecting channel-sl'iaped portion, and inside corner pieces connecting A said side and end members together and each ,consisting of a horizontally disposed gusset plate provided at its outeredge with an integral Channel-shaped ortion that tits in those of the side and en members; substantially as deserihed. l 10. A. seat provided with a metallic frame comprising tour memhers that form the sides and ends of the traine, each of said members eonsisti of a web curved inwardly at its upper e ge and provided at its lower edge with an approximately S-shaped portion, inside corner members consisting of webs provided at their lower. edges with S-shaped portions which titl in those of the side and end members and angle-shaped outside corner pieees overlapping end members an provided at their up er edges with inwardly projecting tlanges t at butt against the inwardly curved portions at the upper edges of the side and end members; substantially as described.

ln testimony whereof I hereunto affix my slgnature inv t this 26th day of l* ebruary i907.

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1('iitnessesz Roer. G. Jerranr, WILLIAM N. rif

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